The Bristol Railway Archive

Just a quick response to some of the comments.
I think Murco now own the access road as they have been spending a lot of money on it and they are trying to buy the old rubbish railhead. The visitors carpark also belongs to Murco. You can go and buy the latest ordnance survey map and it will be out ...

All thats needed is a bit of common sense and it will not be ruined for everybody.

You may not think the lines are used much but when I was there a few weeks ago a track maintenance machine came in and parked under the motorway. What would have happened if people were on the tracks then!

Just to clarify a couple of points.
The Murco carpark is private property. Why not park in the layby further up and walk down.
People were wandering on the tracks hence the concern.

Remember the Murco site if a fuel storage depot hence the fact they do not like people wandering about. Just think if ...

At Murco westerleigh today some people drove up the road (which is private), parked in the Murco carpark and then went wandering around the locomotive.
Just a note to say that the supervisor on duty was not amused to say the least!!!
Please remember this road is private. I think they turn a blind ...

A few days ago (I forget which day) I saw a cab in primer on the back of a lorry heading north up the M5 towards Bristol. Could this be the replacement cabshell I wonder?

60054 "charles babbage" on the tanks this morning. Interesting to note that some of the bogies (think thats the right term) on the TEA wagons were marked "Gloucester 1969-nothing like getting your monies worth from the assets!

The firm will pay dearly through their insurance premiums so the driver will pay as it could put his firm out of business.
I know someone who hit a bridge some years ago. Cost the insurance company ú100,000 which really pushed up the insurance premiums. This was despite the fact the vehicle was ...

I went past the quarry entrance early one morning some time ago and noticed a number of road/rail machines had been dropped off in the entrance. Maybe they were doing some work on the lines within the quarry.

Is the quarry going to run stone trains again?
Early this monday morning I saw road/rail plant outside the quarry waiting for the gates to open and twice this week I have saw Network Rail gangs at Latteridge crossing.

I think you will find they were to do with an ammunitions factory that was all around that area years ago.

I dont think the flask facility has been used for a number of years as the station has been shut for some time now.